Articulation
What do you call it when a note is played short and bouncy?
What is staccato?
What does tempo tell us in music?
What is how fast or slow the music goes?
This Italian word means “loud.”
What is forte?
This is the basic unit of time in music.
What is a beat?
What clef do most high-pitched instruments like the flute, violin, and trumpet read from?
What is the treble clef?
What word means to play the notes smooth and connected, like they’re all flowing together?
What is legato?
What Italian word means “fast” in music?
What is allegro?
This dynamic marking means “soft.”
I hat is piano?
This note gets one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
Which note is found on the bottom line of the treble clef staff?
What is E?
What kind of mark means to play a note with a strong and loud attack?
What is marcato?
Which tempo word means to play at a steady, walking speed?
What is andante?
If a song starts piano and changes to forte, it is getting this.
What is louder? (or: What is a crescendo?)
This type of note lasts for two beats in 4/4 time.
What is a half note?
Which note sits in the top space of the treble clef staff?
What is E?
What is the curved line over or under notes that tells you to play them all in one breath or bow stroke, smoothly?
What is a slur?
If a song starts slow and then speeds up, what is that called?
What is accelerando?
This symbol means to gradually get softer.
What is a decrescendo (or diminuendo)?
If you clap four times evenly in one measure of 4/4 time, you are clapping these kinds of notes.
What are quarter notes?
If you see a note on the third line of the treble clef staff, what note is it?
What is B?
What is the difference between a slur and a tie in music, even though they both use curved lines?
What is a slur connects different notes to be played smoothly, while a tie connects two of the same note to make one longer sound?
Which tempo word means to go slower and slower, like the music is winding down?
What is ritardando?
This dynamic marking means very soft
What is pianissimo?
This dot adds half the value of the note it’s next to. How many beats does a dotted quarter note get in 4/4 time?
What is one and a half beats?
You see a note on a line above the treble clef staff. It’s the second line above the staff. What note is it?
What is C (two octaves above middle C)?